“Even before we announced it was twins, I was trying to keep everything gender-neutral, because I didn’t want to impose an identity on them too soon,” Carey told the mag. “There were fan contests on Twitter about what gender they are and rumors about them being two boys or two girls — but nobody guessed this!”

RadarOnline.com was first to report this past summer that Carey, 41, and Cannon, 30 were expecting.